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The document discusses several architectural elements found in Spanish colonial churches: 1. Choir lofts were often built facing outdoors for processions and placed between the nave and altar to accommodate liturgical singers. 2. Pulpits were elevated platforms used by priests to give sermons, placed off-center to emphasize the centrality of Jesus Christ. 3. Bell towers known as campanarios were made of stone and mounted with cannons, usually located at church corners in colonial fortresses. 4. Retablos were painted wood panels with Christian icons that made up altar screens within architectural frames. 5. Narthexes were entry spaces found at the western end of the

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HOA4 A3 Lladones

The document discusses several architectural elements found in Spanish colonial churches: 1. Choir lofts were often built facing outdoors for processions and placed between the nave and altar to accommodate liturgical singers. 2. Pulpits were elevated platforms used by priests to give sermons, placed off-center to emphasize the centrality of Jesus Christ. 3. Bell towers known as campanarios were made of stone and mounted with cannons, usually located at church corners in colonial fortresses. 4. Retablos were painted wood panels with Christian icons that made up altar screens within architectural frames. 5. Narthexes were entry spaces found at the western end of the

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Assignment 3

SPANISH

COLONIAL ERA
TECHNOLOGICAL INSTITUTE OF THE PHILIPPINES –MANILA


prepared by: ciara victoria lladones
history of architecture 4

CORO OR CHOIR LOFT


Choir lofts were often built facing outdoors for purposes of outdoor
processions.

placed in the chancel, between the nave and the altar, and built to
accommodate the liturgical singers. A decorative wall known as a choir
screen or, more often, a choir rail divides the choir from the nave in certain
churches.
PULPITO
an elevated box or platform used by the priest or minister to stand while
giving the sermon in a church.

It is not usually in the center because God is the center of activity not man.
To emphasize further this centrality of Jesus Christ, the pulpit and the
lectern are placed to the side.
COMPANARIO

or more commonly knwon as Bell Tower, are like
The Campanario
watchtowers that was made from stone and mortar, and each was mounted
with cannons.
They were usually located at the corners of an ancient Spanish colonial
fortress that surrounded the massive stone church.
RETABLOS

Retablos are flat panels painted with devotional motifs from Christian
iconography on wood (usually pine). Altar screens, which are frequently
ordered for churches, typically consist of several retablos set within of a
wood architectural frame.
NARTHEX

The lobby or entry space is found at the western end of the nave, directly
across from the main altar, and is a feature common to early Christian and
Byzantine basilicas and churches.
pulpito
HONOR PLEDGE
I AFFIRM THAT I HAVE NOT GIVEN
OR RECEIVED ANY UNAUTHORIZED
HELP IN THIS
ASSIGNMENT AND THAT ALL WORK
IS MY OWN.

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